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Virginia Shackelford
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05/21/1915-02/15/1933
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Virginia Shackelford was born on May 21, 1915. She was a prominent figure in Tacoma’s local politics and worked to restore the Pantages Theater and Union Station. (1) She was also a member of the John Birch Society, a right-wing political advocacy group. However, she left the society after a dispute with national headquarters concerning the distribution of anti-Semitic literature by several members of the society. (2) In the 1950s, Shackelford started lecturing at meetings and on her local radio show about anti-communism. She was particularly invested in the case of a school counselor fired in 1955 after refusing to answer questions about her alleged communist activities at a congressional hearing in Seattle. In her later years, Shackelford redirected her focus to restoring the Pantages Theater, where she performed as a girl with her father. (3) She died of pneumonia on February 15, 1993 at the age of 77. (1)
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Written by Nancy Dang, 2023
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(1) “Virginia M. Shackleford Obituary” TNT, 2/17/1993, p. 11
(2) “Virginia Shackelford Out of Birch Society” TNT, 2/13/1963, p. 1
(3) “Virginia Shackelford was civic activist, devoted arts lover” TNT, 2/19/1993, p. 17